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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1995
Alexandra S Frei, 8405 Winterthur, CH;
Bernard Paringaux, 13008 Marsielle, FR;
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preventing the deposit of sediments from multi-material mixtures, such as crude oil (4), refinery products and petrochemical products, at the bottom of a tank (T), in which the sediments form a precursor in the form of a thickening precipitation zone (4.2). The deposit of sediments is prevented by disturbing the formation of the precipitation zone (4.2). The disturbance is created in an overall disturbance patterns (S) with local disturbance regions (L) according to a disturbance pattern (S) and is brought about by disturbance apparatus (V) in a disturbance zone hydro-kinetically by the supply or removal of crude oil (4) in the disturbance zone through a pipe system (7).